Archive: June 2020

Creating Virtual High Holiday Experiences

Posted on June 30, 2020

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Enhancing Your High Holiday Live Streaming Experience

Posted on June 24, 2020

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Taking Zoom Programs and Services to the Next Level

Posted on June 18, 2020

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Tashlikh – Where and When

Posted on June 12, 2020

Prepared by Rabbi Aaron Alexander Please note that this is not an official responsum of the CJLS. The custom of Tashlikh, which is often observed on the afternoon of the first day of Rosh Hashanah (or day two if day one is Shabbat, can be treated with flexibility primarily because it isn’t an obligation that Continue Reading »

Counting a Minyan Under One Roof, In Separate Rooms

Posted on June 12, 2020

Prepared by Rabbi Aaron Alexander Please note that this is not an official responsum of the CJLS. Question: For congregations that may gather small in-person minyanim, or use a hybrid model over with at least 10 people in one physical location, spread out, while also streaming/zooming: can temporary partitions that essentially box off one person from Continue Reading »

Abbreviating Prayer Services for the High Holy Days of 5781/2020

Posted on June 12, 2020

Prepared by Rabbis Steven Kane, Robert Scheinberg, and Deborah Silver and Hazzan Scott Sokol Please note that this is not an official responsum of the CJLS. GENERAL INTRODUCTION: An in-person High Holy Day experience for the year 5781/2020 is likely to need to be as short as possible. Current medical understanding tells us that — even Continue Reading »

On Live Streaming and Competition

Posted on June 9, 2020

Prepared by Rabbi Ariel Stofenmacher. Please note that this is not an official responsum of the CJLS. The advances in communications technology and the Covid 19 pandemic have encouraged congregations to go online in order to try to better serve their constituencies. The recent responsum approved by the CJLS on Streaming on Shabbat and Yom Tov by Continue Reading »

Machzor for Young Families (Park Avenue Synagogue)

Posted on June 27, 2018

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Machzor for Youth (Park Avenue Synagogue)

Posted on June 27, 2018

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